Written answers

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for a BPS payment will be reviewed in view of new evidence which has become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26199/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme, an applicant, as well as meeting the scheme criteria, must comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance.

A report detailing findings of an inspection carried out by Donegal County Council on 14thOctober 2016 was referred to my Department's Cross Compliance Unit for attention. This report detailed breaches relating to the cross compliance requirements under the Nitrates Regulations.

The breaches resulted in a 45% penalty being applied against the 2016 Direct Schemes payments. The person named was notified of this decision on 28 February 2017.  A review was requested the outcome of which was to up-hold the inspection findings and the person named was notified on 30 August 2017.

A further review of this case will now be undertaken based on the additional correspondence provided by the Deputy. The person named will be notified of the outcome on completion of the review process.

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